BAVARIA. MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH (1756–1825), first King of Bavari - Lot 423

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BAVARIA. MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH (1756–1825), first King of Bavari - Lot 423
BAVARIA. MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH (1756–1825), first King of Bavaria (1806–1825). Autograph letter. “Max. Joseph,” Munich, May 20, 1809, to General Beaumont; 1½ pages, in-4 (tears at the folds). A fine letter regarding the campaign in Germany. He received news via a courier, as well as a letter from General de Wreden: “He informs me that he has entered into negotiations with the rebels, that he granted them a 36-hour armistice, which ended yesterday at 6 a.m.; he must be in Innsbruck at this moment, where he will await the outcome of the negotiations. The famous Major Dumèze has taken it upon himself to get the insurgents to lay down their arms on the condition that, once that is done, I grant him a pension. I agreed to this to put an end to this slaughter. General Chatelon, while passing through Hall after the defeat on the 14th, was so badly mistreated by the peasants that he is currently bedridden in a village called Stemach, unable to move”… He adds in a postscript: “Prince Eugène [de Beauharnais, son-in-law of Maximilian Joseph] defeated the Austrian rearguard on the 11th; 1,500 prisoners, 22 officers, and the flag of Reiski’s regiment were the spoils of victory. The incident took place at St. Daniel, about 16 leagues from the Carinthian border.”
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